Anthony Velonis
Anthony Velonis (born 1911 in New York ; † 1997 ) was an American artist. Together with Carl Zigroßer, he was a pioneer in serigraphy (from the Latin seri 'silk' and from the Greek graphein 'draw'), the artistic screen printing.
Live and act
He attended James Monroe High School in the Bronx and received a scholarship to attend the College of Fine Arts at New York University . After finishing his studies, the Great Depression was . He learned screen printing in his brother's sign shop. As a designer, he joined the New York City WPA poster division ( Works Progress Administration ) in 1935 . In 1937 he published his book Technical Problems of the Artist: Technique of the Silk Screen Process .
Anthony Velonis was the first to use screen printing as a means of artistic expression around 1938 and adapted the process of screen printing to the needs of the artist.
Exhibitions
His works can be seen in, among others
- of Weyhe Gallery, New York City (1940)
- at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts (1940)
- in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1971)
- at the Brooklyn Museum (1986).
Some prints can be found in the collections of the National Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Australian National Gallery.
literature
- Claus Gerhardt : History of the printing process . tape 1 : Embossing and screen printing. Anton Hiersemann Verlag , 1974, ISBN 978-3-7772-7421-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Hiebel: Large media chronicle . Wilhelm Fink Verlag , 1999, ISBN 978-3-7705-3332-9 , pp. 243 .
- ↑ Books and writing from the early days to the present: tour of the permanent exhibition of the German Museum of Books and Writing of the German Library, Leipzig. German Museum of Books and Writing, Fritz Funke. Verlag Deutsche Bücherei, 1968, page 55
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Velonis, Anthony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1997 |